01/08/2009
UN curbs Gaza aid after trucks hit by Israeli fire (AP via Yahoo! News)
The U.N. suspended aid shipments in the Gaza Strip on Thursday and the Red Cross restricted its convoys after their trucks came under Israeli fire. The threat of a wider conflict arose when militants in Lebanon fired two rockets into northern Israel.
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01/08/2009
At least 38 dead in Pakistan fire: officials (AFP via Yahoo! News)
At least 38 people were killed and 25 wounded when a fire ripped through dozens of homes in a shanty town in Pakistan's largest city Karachi, government and hospital officials said early Friday.
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01/08/2009
Fire icon Gutierrez named to presidential council (Sports Illustrated)
Former Chicago Fire midfielder Diego Gutierrez has been named to the president's council on physical fitness and sports by President George W. Bush.
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01/08/2009
Fire forces evacuation of homes in Colorado (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Three windblown wildfires have destroyed at least two structures, jumped a major road and forced the evacuation of homes outside Boulder, Colorado, fire authorities said on Wednesday.
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01/08/2009
Pressure builds for Gaza cease-fire deal (CNN)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Spain's prime minister on Thursday hailed a cease-fire proposal as the best way to end the fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza.
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01/08/2009
Israelis arrive in Egypt for cease-fire talks (AP via Yahoo! News)
Israeli representatives arrived in Cairo Thursday for Egyptian-brokered talks on a cease-fire proposal after the U.N. Security Council failed to agree on action to end the escalating crisis in Gaza.
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01/08/2009
Israelis to arrive in Egypt for cease-fire talks (AP via Yahoo! News)
Israeli representatives were expected to arrive in Cairo Thursday for Egyptian-brokered talks on a cease-fire proposal after the U.N. Security Council failed to agree on action to end the escalating crisis in Gaza.
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01/08/2009
Petroplus Has Fire at German Refinery, Cuts Output (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Petroplus Holdings AG , Europe’s largest independent oil refiner by capacity, shut down units at its Ingolstadt plant in Germany following a fire yesterday, cutting fuel production at a time of rising demand.
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01/08/2009
Chicago fire kills 3 children; 1 sibling rescued (USA Today)
Firefighters say they have found three young children dead in an apartment building that caught fire on Chicago's southeast side.
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01/08/2009
In Gaza, truce crumbles as diplomats eye cease-fire talks (CNN)
A truce meant to allow humanitarian aid into war-torn Gaza crumbled minutes after it began Wednesday, while Israeli and Palestinian diplomats considered talks that could lead to a more lasting cease-fire.
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